Entries for the 'performance enhancing drugs' Category

We are honored to have A&M's Head Track and Field Coach, Pat Henry on the podcast today. Coach Henry's teams have won 34 National Championships over his career, including seven in the last five years here at A&M. We appreciate that Coach Henry took time out of his busy schedule in between national track meets to chat with us. So if you think that Track & Field is only an every '4 years' type of sport, it's worth your time to listen to this podcast! Enjoy!

We are starting our new season with a special interview with David Epstein, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated. Today is a special day because Mr. Epstein's new book - The Sports Gene - was released yesterday on August 1. In the book, Mr. Epstein considers the 10,000 Practice Rule (and why it is false), as well as the actual role of genetics in determining what type of athlete you'll be. This book - as well as our podcast - takes you not only into the lab, but also to East Africa, to Jamaica, and to the Arctic Circle in pursuit of the answer to how much influence nature vs. nurture has in determining each of our athletic prowess (and you'll see how reindeer are involved in this answer!). If you're a long-time listener, you know that our interviews with Mr. Epstein are always fun and stimulating conversations.

Dr. Judy Sandlin joins us in the podcast today to discuss USADA's anti-doping educational efforts. This is a fun conversation that highlights the other - and mostly unknown - side of the anti-doping efforts in the world.

Today's podcast is the third of our Olympic themed podcasts. Dr. Ed Coyle from University of Texas Austin is with us in advance of the London Olympic Marathon to talk about whether a human will ever run a sub-2 hour marathon.

We are pleased to have award-winning sports journalist Christie Ashwanden join us today to talk about the London Olympics and sports doping. Christie has written stories that have appeared in most of the major magazines and newspapers in the United States.

Today we kick off the video and audio-only rebroadcast of the Speakers from the 2012 Huffines Discussion. First up is Sports Illustrated's David Epstein. Mr. Epstein is an incredible writer (he was nominated this year for the Livingston Award which recognizes the best journalist under the age of 35 in the United States. Mr. Epstein's talk was on Sports Doping: Still the Rational Choice?". This is a great talk about why elite athletes still choose to dope in spite of the risks.

Dr. Gabe Neal join us today to chat about the issues surrounding the use of cognitive stimulants - such as Adderal - for focus and performance. The use of Adderall now epidemic especially on college campuses and this podcast about what we should know about Adderall and its effect on our physiology and performance.

Baseball season is almost here! We've got a great podcast today with MLB's Washington Nationals Asst. GM Bryan Minniti about professional baseball, injuries, and rehab in a large organization with multi-million dollar athletes. Join us for Mr. Minniti's behind-the-scenes insights about professional baseball.

We've got something different for you this week. Our friends over at EscapePod.org are allowing us to broadcast one of their episodes - "Fuel" by Matthew Rotundo - that deals with the future of athletic performance enhancement. This is a great episode to generate conversation about the future of performance and what we will allow as a society.